Carmi Lions Club to take control of annual Car Show

The 2013 Car Show in July has a new organizer and operator. Owner of Don's Bumper to Bumper and Carmi Lion's Club member Don Ridenour appeared before the Carmi Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors last week to make an appeal for the civic club to take over the planning and carrying out of the yearly event.

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By JC Tinsley of WROY/WRULSpecial of The Times

The Carmi Times - Carmi, IL

By JC Tinsley of WROY/WRULSpecial of The Times

Posted Dec. 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM

By JC Tinsley of WROY/WRULSpecial of The Times
Posted Dec. 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Carmi

The 2013 Car Show in July has a new organizer and operator. Owner of Don's Bumper to Bumper and Carmi Lion's Club member Don Ridenour appeared before the Carmi Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors last week to make an appeal for the civic club to take over the planning and carrying out of the yearly event.

Don and fellow Lions member Dave Edwards met with the Chamber in June of 2012 to discuss the possibility. However, details had already been finalized. Chamber members called the proposal too good to be true.

Ridenour says he just wants more people to come and enjoy the car show and try to make it better. They hope to attract more people.

"If we can get on the fairgrounds, then next year, we've got a chance to have a farm show to go with it the same day," said Ridenour. "All I know is we want to take it and make it bigger and better. With our club, I think we can dig in, because they ran it the last year with four people and that's kinda hard to do."

Ridenour went on to say the club may need a little guidance but expected they could pull it off and truly enhance the event. He plans to work with Glenn Coleman, former Chamber executive director, to get some of the details on carrying out the endeavor in years past.